Improvement in devices for securing fastening-loops to neck-ties



- parts in the several gures.

BENJAMIN F. WEISHAMPEL, OF'BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. i

Lette/rs .Patent No. 85,7 73, dated Jnua/ry 12, 1869.

nnovr'mmrrr IN DEVICES FOR S-ECRING- FASTENING-LOOPS To NECK-TIES.

m l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making of the s'ame.

To all ,whom t 'mg/y concern:

. Be it known that I, BENJAlimv F. WEISHAMPEL, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore, and State of AMaryland, have invented a new and improved Fastening for N eck-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following Ais a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a neck-tie, showing the1 improved fastening applied to the back 'part of its pa Figure 2 isa front .view of 'a portion of a neck-tie pad, showing the spurs of the fastening inserted through' it, and bent over.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the fast-v ening, detached from a neck-tie.

Figures 4, 5, 6, 7 8, and 9, a-re perspective views of several modifications ofthe improved fastening.

Similar letters of reference -indicatecorresponding This invention relates to a new and useful improvement, which is applicable to neck-ties or bows known as butterllyties, and which is designed for holding ,securely the elastic loops by which these ties or bows are fastened to the front buttons on shirtlcollar bands. Previous to -my invention, various metallic devices have been contrived for fastening the elastic loop to neck-bows or ties', and in-one instance a concave button, with -a hole at its back and front ends, has been adopted ybut these .devices do not answer the purpose as well as mine, for the reason that some of them per 1n anently attach the loop, andwhere this is not the case, heinconvenience attending the detaching of it is much greater than is desirable. y l' The object of my invention is to providey a neck-tie with a device which will'admit ofthe ready attachment to it and detachment from it of an elastic loop, so that when a loop breaks or becomes useless from any cause,- it can be detached from the tie, and another loop con-fveniently substituted in its stead, as will be hereinafter Y explained.

To enable others skilled inthe art to understand my invention, Iwill describe its construction and operation. In the accompanying drawings, iig. 1, I have represented one form of my'improved fastening, applied to h e back of the'pad A of a nccktie,-B, which may be 'made of cloth, paper, or other suitable material, in the usual manner. This fastening is made of a piece of sheet-metal, shaped so as to form a shield, A', through one end of which a hole, a, is made, and from -the edges of which spurs ,b b extend.

When the shield is fastened tothe back of pad A, by inserting spurs b b through it, and bending them down, as shown in tig. 2, it abrds a ready means of attaching an elastic loop,`D, to the tie-pad, which is done by passing the loop downthrough the shield, and through hole a, and drawing the knotted endsv of this loop into the shield, as clearly shown in dg. 3.

When the loop D breaks or wears out, it can be readily detached from thc shield, and a new loop substituted in its stead.

In figs. 4, 5, 6, 7,8, and 9, different forms of shields A are represented, having fastening-spurs b formed on them, and provided with eyes for receiving and holding the elasticloops. Any one Aof these modifications will I answer' the purpose of holding the elastic loops, and allowing them to be detached at pleasure. In practice, the fasteningswll be made by stamping and'shaping machinery, suitably adapted to the purpose, so that they can be made and furnished to the market-at a Very'small cost. Being made of a single piece of metal, there will be .no hand-labor required in nishing them, and having spurs b b formed on their edges, they canbe quickly fastened securely to the pads ofAneck-ties or scarfs.

` I do not claim a self-fastenin g metallic device for con,-

fining an elastic loop of a neck-tie or bow, when it is not made with a larger entrance or hole at its upper end than is made at the end where the loop is protruded from the fastening; therefore,

What I doclaim as my invention, and desire tose- -cure by Letters Patent, isf- 1. The metallic self-fastening device A b a, gs. l, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, when made with a flaring entrance and a contracted holding-end, as described and shown.

2. The construction of the metallic fastening A, as shown' in iig. 7 to wit, with open sides and back, and a small opening, a, for thepurpose described.

BENJ. F. WEISHAMPEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. WEIsHAMPnL, Jr., Tiros. LBURKE. 

